Eli M. Oboler Library
Mary Lou Skinner Collection - Container Listing
MC041
Series 1 Field Notes, Reports and Correspondence
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Handwritten field notes titled, "Communication with Indians and Social Organizations" |
| 2 | Handwritten field notes titled, "Discovery of Resources to Help Solve Problems", "Prenatal Care", "Mental Health", "Contributory Factors", "Barriers", "Facilitators" |
| 3 | Handwritten field notes titled, "Concerns of the Indians or Problems Recognized by Them", "Concerns of the Indians and Others about Indians", "Concerns of Indians about which.", "Health Problems-Dental Health, Prenatal Care, V.D., Trachoma", "General Health", "Environmental Sanitation and Diarrhea Control", "School Health" |
| 4 | Fort Hall Business Council and Special Council Meeting Minutes - January-February 1956 |
| 5 | Fort Hall Business Council and Special Council Meeting Minutes - January-February 1957 |
| 6 | Fort Hall Business Council and Special Council Meeting Minutes - January-May 1958 |
| 7 | Fort Hall Business Council (regular) Meeting Minutes February 9-10 1960
The Eight Ball, Fort Hall Agency October 1953 and December 1954 |
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | The Fort Hall Tevope, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho January 1956, August and September 1957, May-December 1958 |
| 2 | "Developing Health Programs with Indian Tribes" Aberdeen Area Office, Aberdeen, South Dakota, May, 1956 |
| 3 | Hospital Services Plan for Indians in Minnesota, July 1957 |
| 4 | Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs to the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, October 1948 |
| 5 | Field notes on misc. subjects, stennorette tapes (with possible transcription) labeled Daniel I and Daniel II |
| 6 | Field notes (miscellaneous) on 5x8 cards |
| 7 | Field notes (miscellaneous) on 5x8 cards April 1956 and May 1958 |
| 8 | Field notes on communication and language on 5x8 cards |
| 9 | Field notes (miscellaneous) on 5x8 cards |
| 10 | Field notes (miscellaneous) on 5x8 cards |
| 11 | Field notes regarding attitudes, social organizations, factions, and general interactions between tribal members on 5x8 cards. Newspaper article from the Idaho State Journal dated May 14, 1958 |
| 12 | Field note regarding payment for services by tribal members, attitudes, and interview techniques on 5x8 cards |
| 13 | Field notes regarding health care acceptance and attitudes on 5x8 cards |
| 14 | Field notes regarding lack of understanding by tribal members of various laws and the differences between agencies and jurisdictions on 5x8 cards |
| 15 | Field notes regarding attitudes of tribal members toward each other, attitudes held between tribes, attitudes toward the government, whites, and veterans on 5x8 cards |
| 16 | Field notes on grievances voiced at a Council meeting held May 13, 1957 regarding proposed highway on 5x8 cards |
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Field regarding conflict and problems within the agency and between government employees working within the Fort Hall Agency on 5x8 cards |
| 2 | Field notes on conflicts among agency personnel on 5x8 cards |
| 3 | Field notes regarding problems presenting health care concepts and problems between agency personnel on 5x8 cards |
| 4 | Field notes regarding conversations with agency staff, Shoshone-Bannock, and others. Miscellaneous information on health care practices and Shoshone-Bannock reactions to health care on 5x8 cards |
| 5 | Field notes regarding conversations between Skinner and various personnel, Problems between personnel and methods of presenting health care practices to Shoshone-Bannock on 5x8 cards |
| 6 | Field notes regarding miscellaneous conversations, conflicts, and methods used in dealings with agency personnel on 5x8 cards |
| 7 | Formal reports dated September 6, 1956 - September 13, 1956 |
| 8 | Formal reports dated September 3, 1956 - September 26, 1956 |
| 9 | Formal reports dated August 2, 1956 - August 17, 1956 |
| 10 | Memoranda to Ruth Dunham M.D., C.W. McIntosh President of Idaho State College and Dr. Jacob E. Wyatt from Skinner dated August 31, 1956 |
| 11 | Formal reports dated July 12, 1956 - July 26, 1956 |
| 12 | Formal reports dated July 25, 1956 - August 2, 1956 |
| 13 | Formal reports dated 8, 1956 - May 17, 1956 |
| 14 | Formal reports dated June 6, 1956 - June 18, 1956 |
| 15 | Formal reports dated June 25, 1956 - June 26, 1956 |
| 16 | Formal reports dated June 26, 1956 - June 26, 1956 and July 12, 1958 |
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Formal reports dated April 5, 1956 - April 16, 1956 |
| 2 | Formal reports dated April 16, 1956 - April 30, 1956 |
| 3 | Formal reports dated March 15, 1956 - March 30, 1956 |
| 4 | Formal reports dated February 6, 1956 - February 21, 1956 |
| 5 | Answers to your questions on American Indians from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| 6 | Public Speaking and Land by Adult Education Series, Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| 7 | Publications in Anthropology 1896-1956 by The American Museum of Natural History, The Archaeological Survey System of the Museum Idaho State College by Earl H. Swanson 1958 |
| 8 | The Federal Indian Service from the Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service 1950 |
| 9 | Guide for Cooks, Bakers, Housekeepers, and Matrons from United States Indian Service 1946 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous pamphlets published by the Indian Health Service |
| 11 | Miscellaneous pamphlets published by the Education Branch of the United Indian Service |
| 12 | Miscellaneous pamphlets published by Tribal Relations of the United States Indian Health Service |
| 13 | Miscellaneous pamphlets published by the United States Indian Health Service |
| 14 | Report on the 1958 Minnesota Interim Commission on Indian Affairs |
| 15 | Miscellaneous pamphlets published by the United States Indian Service |
| 16 | Miscellaneous publications by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the State of Idaho, The American Journal of Nursing, United States Public Health Service, Minneapolis Tribune, The Department of Education |
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Miscellaneous reports, surveys, pamphlets 1955 |
| 2 | Miscellaneous field notes and memoranda February - August 1956 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports October-November 1956 |
| 4 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports March 1957 |
| 5 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports April 1957 |
| 6 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports May 1957 |
| 7 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports June 1957 |
| 8 | Miscellaneous memoranda July 1957 |
| 9 | Miscellaneous memoranda and publications August 1957 |
| 10 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, September 1957 |
| 11 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports October 1957 |
| 12 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports November - December 1957 |
| 13 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports January - March 1958 |
| 14 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports April - May 1958 |
| 15 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports July - December 1956 |
| 16 | Miscellaneous correspondence, field notes, and reports January - February 1957 |
| 17 | Miscellaneous correspondence and memorabilia July - October 1957 |
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Informal memos November and December 1957 |
| 2 | Informal memos January 1958 and June - July 1959 |
| 3 | Meeting of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Leaders of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho with the Navajo Crownpoint Tribal Leaders - February 17, 1959 |
| 4 | Indian Health Survey 1955 |
| 5 | An Outline for a Survey of Human Resources on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation by Earl H. Swanson and information prepared for Congressional Hearing Committee October 15, 1957 |
| 6 | Treaty between United States and Eastern Band of Shoshone and Bannock Tribes - November 17, 1948 and claims |
| 7 | Directories for Public Health workers 1955-1956 |
| 8 | TB Report (draft) and related material 1956-1958 |
| 9 | National Tuberculosis Association correspondence and related material 1958 |
| 10 | Case studies 1957 |
| 11 | Questions for Miss Skinner on Indian Health Care and answers 1957-1958 |
| 12 | News clips |
| 13 | Special Health Education Study Quarterly Reports 1956-1957 |
| 14 | Stimulating Improved Health Practices Among Selected Indian Groups by Nell McKeever, Mary Lou Skinner and Cecilia Conrath 1958 |
| 15 | Some Educational Factors in Health Program Planning for Shoshone-Bannock Tribes: An Account of and Exploratory Study Fort Hall, Idaho February 1956 - June 1958 by Mary Lou Skinner, M.P.H. Health Education Consultant USPHS, BBS HES |
Series 2 Publications
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Item 1 The Sun Dance of the Northern Ute by J. A. Jones
Item 2 Lemhi Shoshone Physical Therapy by Julian H. Steward Item 3 Some Western Shoshone Myths by Julian H. Steward |
| 2 | Item 1 The Wind River Shoshone Sun Dance by D.B. Shimkin
Item 2 Current Trends in the Wind River Shoshone Sun Dance by Fred W. Voget |
| 3 | Notes on Hillers' Photographs of the Paiute and Ute Indians Taken on the Powell Expedition of 1873 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 98 No. 18 by Julian H. Steward |
| 4 | Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Volume II Part II The Northern Shoshone by Robert H. Lowie |
| 5 | Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Volume XI Part X Dances and Societies of the Plains Shoshone by Robert H. Lowie |
| 6 | Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Volume XVI Part VII The Sun Dance of the Plains Indians: Its Development and Diffusion by Leslie Spier |
| 7 | Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Volume XX Part III Notes on Shoshonean Ethnography by Robert H. Howe |
| 8 | Item 1 Article: Picture Taking: one method of discovering communication channels by Mary Lou Skinner
Item 2 Survey Report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, January 26, 1954 Item 3 Studies in Human Ecology, A Series of Lectures Given at the Anthropological Society of Washington 1957 Item 4 Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences Volume 37 No. 10 October 15, 1947 |
| 9 | Report with respect to The House Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to Conduct an Investigation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, December 15, 1952 |